Iranian celebrities, from Googoosh to Nazanin Boniadi, call for action against regime amid protests

Today, defenseless people inside Iran are crying out to you, asking for help as they face these ongoing crimes against ...

Iranian pop star Googoosh on her new memoir and life in pre-revolution Iran

The Iranian government has exerted forceful control over its citizens since the Islamic Republic seized power nearly 50 years ago. The pop star Googoosh has firsthand experience of opposition to the ...
KCRW

Morning Becomes Eclectic playlist: January 21, 2026 (A persian pop song dedicated to the resilience of Iran)

Jan 21, 2026 KCRW’s signature music program — defying format since 1977. On today's mid-week hang, we hear Flea return to the ...

Googoosh, the ‘Voice of Iran,’ has gone quiet – and that’s her point

The 75-year-old pop star is part of a generation of Iranians in the diaspora who are watching, with bated breath, as their ...
Marin Independent Journal

Still missing homeland, Iranian singer Sadegh Nojouki forges career in U.S.

When Sadegh Nojouki fled Tehran for California in the wake of the 1979 Iranian Revolution, he assumed he’d be back home before long. At 29, he’d already established himself as an innovative force in ...
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New Compilation Gathers Vintage Pop Music From the Iranian Diaspora: ‘The Musical Depth of This Scene Sometimes Feels Unfathomable'

1979's Iranian Revolution saw millions of citizens fleeing the country in its aftermath. Amid this Iranian diaspora, many of these people emigrated to Los Angeles, with some of them being the same ...
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'Tehrangeles Vice' collects the sounds of LA's Iranian pop music era

The new album "Tehrangeles Vice" is a daring collection of Iranian disco and synthpop recorded in Los Angeles in the 1980s and 1990s. The term Tehrangeles refers to the Iranian American diaspora in ...